HB 5574 — AN ACT REQUIRING THE REPORTING OF THE STATUS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CREATES PROJECT REPORT CONCERNING DIGITIZATION AND OTHER UPGRADES AND REPORTS CONCERNING OVERTIME AND FINGERPRINTING.

House of Representatives General Assembly CommitteeFile Bill No.

5574501 January Session, 2025 LCOSubstitute House Bill No.

64655574 ReferredHouse toof Representatives, April 3, 2025 The Committee on GOVERNMENTGovernment OVERSIGHTOversight Introducedreported by:through REP.

(GOS)DATHAN ANof ACTthe REQUIRING142nd THEDist., REPORTINGChairperson OFof THEthe STATUSCommittee OFon THEthe IMPLEMENTATIONpart OFof RECOMMENDATIONSthe OFHouse, THEthat CREATESthe PROJECTsubstitute REPORTbill CONCERNINGought DIGITIZATION.to pass.

AN ACT REQUIRING THE REPORTING OF THE STATUS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CREATES PROJECT REPORT CONCERNING DIGITIZATION AND OTHER UPGRADES AND REPORTS CONCERNING OVERTIME AND FINGERPRINTING.

(1) The Department of Revenue Services, concerning the data-driven taxsHB5574 compliance/ program;File No.

501 1 sHB5574 File No.

501 tax compliance program;

LCO(3) No.The Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, concerning streamlining affirmative action reporting;

6465 1 of 3 Committee Bill No.5574 (3) The Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, concerning streamlining affirmative action reporting;

Such report shall include, but need not be limited to, a summary of the overtime granted by each state agency and the management tools utilized by each state agency to attempt to curtail such overtime.

Sec.

3.

(Effective from passage) On or before January 15, 2026, the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall submit a report to joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public safety and government oversight, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes.

Such report shall contain data for fingerprinting conducted by the Division of State Police within the Department of sHB5574 / File No.

501 2 sHB5574 File No.

501 Emergency Services and Public Protection for purposes of a criminal history records check required pursuant to any provision of the general statutes, including the number of individuals fingerprinted, the reason forsuchfingerprintingandthenumberofdaysittooktogranteachsuch request after receipt of the request, for the six-month period commencing on July 1, 2025, until December 31, 2025, inclusive.

2 from passage New section StatementSec. of Purpose:

To3 requirefrom thepassage SecretaryNew ofsection theStatement Office of PolicyLegislative andCommissioners: Management to report on the status of implementation of the CREATES project report recommendations concerning digitization of agency programs and to report annually concerning overtime worked within agencies.

LCOIn No.Section 2, "state" was added before "agency" for clarity.

6465GOS 2Joint ofFavorable 3Subst. Committee Bill No.

5574sHB5574 [Proposed/ deletionsFile areNo. enclosed in brackets.

Proposed501 additions3 aresHB5574 indicatedFile byNo. underline, except underlined.]e entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not Co-Sponsors:

REP.501 The following Fiscal Impact Statement and Bill Analysis are prepared for the benefit of the members of the General Assembly, solely for purposes of information, summarization and explanation and do not represent the intent of the General Assembly or either chamber thereof for any purpose.

CANDELORAIn V.,general, 86thfiscal Dist.;impacts are based upon a variety of informational sources, including the analyst’s professional knowledge.

REP.Whenever applicable, agency data is consulted as part of the analysis, however final products do not necessarily reflect an assessment from any specific department.

O'DEA,OFA 125thFiscal Dist.Note State Impact:

REP.None Municipal Impact:

RUTIGLIANO,None 123rdExplanation Dist.;The bill places several reporting requirements on the Office of Policy and Management and the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection which do not result in a fiscal impact as both agencies have the resources necessary to meet these requirements.

REP.The Out Years State Impact:

ACKERT,None 8thMunicipal Dist.Impact:

REP.None sHB5574 / File No.

PERILLO501 J.,4 113thsHB5574 Dist.;File No.

REP.501 OLR Bill Analysis sHB 5574 AN ACT REQUIRING THE REPORTING OF THE STATUS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CREATES PROJECT REPORT CONCERNING DIGITIZATION AND OTHER UPGRADES AND REPORTS CONCERNING OVERTIME AND FINGERPRINTING.

ZUPKUS,SUMMARY 89thThis Dist.bill creates several reporting requirements related to the state’s digitization efforts, employee overtime, and fingerprinting for criminal history checks, as discussed in the CREATES project’s 2021 report.

REP.In general, the state commissioned the CREATES project to evaluate workforce efficiency and organizational design and to (1) recommend how to best mitigate the risk to service continuity caused by anticipated state employee retirements in 2022 and (2) identify efficiency opportunities that would reduce state spending.

ZAWISTOWSKI,The 61stbill Dist.;requires the Office of Policy and Management (OPM) secretary, by February 1, 2026, to give the Government Oversight Committee a report on state agencies’ efforts to implement the CREATES report’s recommendations on digitization.

REP.The OPM report must at least include the status of hiring staff needed to implement the recommendations, capital funding, implementation, and any realized savings for the following initiatives as of December 31, 2025:

CARNEY,1. 23rd Dist.

REP.the Department of Revenue Service’s data-driven tax compliance program;